AHON

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Description

The Academic General Practitioner Development Network (AHON), part of the Department of General Practice and Elderly Care Medicine of the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), manages the AHON-database that comprises routinely collected care da...

General Design

Population

Countries
Netherlands (the)
Regions
Overijssel, Drenthe, Friesland, Groningen
Number of participants
275000
Population age groups
All ages
Main medical condition
No main medical condition

Organisations

Lead organisations
Additional organisations

Contributors

Available Data & Samples

Data categories

  • Medical records
  • National registries

Areas of information

  • Socio-demographic and economic characteristics
  • Medication and supplements
  • Non-pharmacological interventions
  • Health and community care services utilization
  • Death

Subpopulations

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Collection events

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Publications

Access conditions

Any researcher can request a dataset for scientific research with the intention of publication in a national or international journal. However, studies funded by a health insurance company or by the pharmaceutical industry will not be granted access ...

Data access conditions
  • general research use
  • health or medical or biomedical research
Data use conditions
  • not for profit, non commercial use only
  • publication required
  • project specific restriction
  • return to database or resource
Data access fee
true
Release type
Periodically
Release description
Every three months new data are added to the longitudinal AHON-database.
Linkage options
Linkage with other datasets is possible using pseudonyms generated by ZorgTTP (as preferred trusted third party). Until now we have experience in linking data from NKR, CBS, GGD and Certe. Linkage with other (health related) registries might also be possible.

Funding & Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements
This research has been conducted using the AHON-database, with the support of [list of AHON personnel that supported the research]. The AHON-database is an ongoing longitudinal database which aims to give insight into medical care provided in general practices in the North of the Netherlands. Starting in 1998, pseudonymized patient records have been added to the AHON-database every three months from a growing number of participating general practices. Patients are informed by their general practices via folders, posters, and websites of their participation in the AHON-database. Individual patients can fill out an opt-out form in order to not have their data recorded in the AHON-database.

Documentation